NATIONAL LEAGUE RESUMES SATURDAY, AS TRANSFER WINDOW CLOSES MIDNIGHT FRIDAY

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After one week break, the Nigeria National League (NNL) will resume this weekend with all the participating teams fighting to either consolidate their places at the top or swim out of the relegation waters as the competition hits the home stretch.

League action was halted after the first stanza of the competition came to an end a fortnight ago even as the period was observed as a second transfer window to allow clubs add more players to their squad for the task ahead. It ran for 12 days and will close midnight of Friday, May 23, 2014.

But the NNL has ordered all the weeks 16, 17 and 18 matches will hold on May 24, 31and June 7 before the league will go on recess again during the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014 which kicks off on June 12.

In Division A, promotion chasing Kwara United Football Club will ensure it defeats visiting Supreme Court Abuja to move closer to runaway Wikki Tourists and Adamawa United at the top of the log while relegation threatened FRSC will host leaders, Wikki.

Also in Division B, troubled Unicem Rovers of Calabar will tackle frontrunners, Shooting Stars in a tricky match which both teams need to win to further their course of gaining promotion to the premier league next season.

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NNL WEEK 16 FIXTURES

DIVISION A

KWARA UTD VS SUPREME COURT FC

SOKOTO UTD VS RANCH BEES FC

KOGI UTD VS TEAP FC

DSS FC VS SPOTLIGHT FC

MIGHTY JETS VS PLATEAU UTD

PRISONS FC VS ADAMAWA UTD

FRSC FC VS WIKKI TOURISTS

JIGAWA STARS VS NIGER TORNADOES

COD UNITED

DIVISION B

GABROS FC VS FIRST BANK

ABS FC VS EKITI UTD

AKWA FC VS MFM FC

UNICEM FC VS 3SC

REMO STARS VS GATEWAY UTD

COD UTD VS ABIA COMETS

STORES VS PRIME FC

GO-ROUND VS BENDEL INSURANCE

Imoke Picks Strong Team To Revive Rovers…Inok, Ene Okon Listed

Imoke Picks Strong Team To Revive Rovers…Inok, Ene Okon Listed…Wishes Eagles Well In Brazil

Cross River state Governor and the number one governor supporter of the national teams, Senator Liyel Imoke, has made good his plans to make football a thriving enterprise in the state by appointing a robust team to reinvent Unicem Rovers of Calabar in the coming years.

State Sports Commissioner, Hon Patrick Ugbe, said in statement that former Chairman of the Cross River State Sports Council and respected DJ and sportscaster, Maurice Inok, will head a 12-man management committee of the club that includes some of the best hands in the football game in the country. He also revealed that Gov Imoke has been praying daily for an excellent outing for the national team come Brazil 2014.

Inok, will be assisted by Paul Atila Edum, while Paul Akoli and Charles Unoh Eko will serve in the management committee. Okori Ijani will serve as Team manager, Ene Asuquo as Media Officer, Hon Ukot Obono Eno will be Marketing Manager, while George Obi Etu will serve as Team Secretary in a determined force to make the club a brand name in Nigeria.

On the technical side, Imoke picked former Super Eagles midfielder, John Okon Ene as Acting Head Coach, he will be assisted by John Aniah, while former goalkeeper Ifeanyi Harcourt will serve as the goalkeepers’, Michael Ushie was named team Coordinator.
Speaking on his appointment, Inok said it will witness a new phase in Nigerian football management as he was ready to go to the private sector to solicit for support even as he believes he will not be abandoned by the state government.

“I thank Governor Imoke, his deputy and the Sports Commissioner for this challenge and I wish to assure them that I will not fail in this onerous task of rediscovering football at the highest level in Cross River state”, he declared.